Window-shade bracket.



W. B. SANFORD. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21,1911.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY WITNESSES onrrnn srnrns Parana onto WILLIAM R. SANFORD, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR. T0 VEI-TTILATING SHADE FIXTURE 00., A CORPORATIONOF NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Application filed April 21,

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. SANFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in the State of NewYork, have invented certain Improvements in lVindow-Shade Brackets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of window-shadebrackets especially adapted to be mounted upon the upper sash of awindow, so that the shade will move up and down with said upper sash.

The objects of the invention are to provide a shade-bracket of thisclass which may be so folded when the shade is removed from the bracketsas to allow the window sashes to pass each other; to do this byproviding a thin attaching portion to lie flatwise upon the front of thesash, the rest of the bracket being adapted to fold against the glasspane into the sash space adjacent thereto; to thus enable the sashes tobe freely moved up and down past each other and facilitate cleaning thewindow and the like; to provide means for folding the swinging portionof the bracket in position when extended so as to properly support theshaderoller; to secure such a bracket of simple and strong constructionwhich can be easily manufactured and will present a neat and pleasingappearance, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be broughtout in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, Figure1 shows in elevation the upper part of a window frame and its sash, witha pair of my improved shade-brackets applied to said sash; Fig. 2 is asectional view of the same, taken on line AA, of Fig. 1, lookingdownward, and showing in dotted lines the folded position of the shadebrackets; Fig. 3 is a plan or top edge view of one of the bracketsdetached, and showing it folded in dotted lines; Fig. & is a sideelevation of the same; Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on line BB ofFig. 1, illustrating the hinging of the bracket portions, with theswinging arm of the bracket extended as far as possible; Fig. 6 showsthe outer end of the arm which receives the round pin of the shaderoller, and Fig. 7 is a like view of the arm which receives the flatpin.

In said drawings, 1 indicates the upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

1911. Serial No. 622,458.

sash of a window having panes of glass 2, side stiles 3, 3, and a toprail 1, as is common. At the inner edges of said side stiles, just belowthe top rail 4, the attaching members 5, 6 of my improved brackets aresecurely fastened, as by means of screws, or the like, in such a mannerthat arms 7, 8, hinged to said attaching members 5, 6, re spectively,project inwardly toward each other from the inner edges of said sidestiles and over the glass panes 2. The said attaching members 5, 6 arepreferably of sheetmetal, with screw-holes 9, and ears 1O bent back uponthemselves to receive hinge pins 11 at their ends which project past thestiles.

It will be understood that the attaching members 5, 6 are thin and flatso as to lie close against the sash stiles and permit the meeting railof the bottom sash to readily pass in sliding the sashes up and down. Asstated, these attaching members are preferably stamped out ofsheet-metal, but obviously they can be otherwise made in any suitablemanner. The ears 10 which receive the hinge pin project beyond the sashstile and are bent to the side of the plane of the attaching member nextto the glass pane 2 as shown, so as to not project any more than therest of the attaching member. To said attaching members 5, 6, arepivoted the arms 7 8, likewise preferably of sheet-metal, and having attheir outer ends 12, 13 seats 14, 15, respectively, for the pins at theends of a shade roller. The inner ends of these arms have each a tongue16 curled to form a sleeve adapted to lie endwise between the curledears 10 and in alinement therewith to receive the hinge-pin 11; thesetongues are preferably curled toward the side of the bracket which liesnext the pane 2 when folded, so as to avoid projection. A rib 17 isPreferably stamped in each arm to secure greater stiffness. The saidarms 7, 8, are adapted to swing apart, each limited by any suitablestop, such as the tongue 16 engaging the edge of the body portionbetween the ears 10. The arms then are each at an acute angle to itsattaching member, and in order that the shade-receiving seats may be inexact alinement, the arms are bent slightly just back from their outerends, as at 18, and their extremities thus made parallel to each otherand to the jamb of the window when the brackets are extended to receivea shade, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

hen the window is to be washed or it is desired to have the sashes passeach other for any other reason the shade is removed from the bracketsand the arms 7, 8 are folded inward toward each other against the glasspanes 2, as shown in Fig. 2.

Preferably the arms 7, 8 are long enough to lie at their ends againstthe inside stop 19 of the window frame, so that the shade will fall infront of the lower sash, 20. lVhile it is preferred to use the stops asdescribed so that the ends of said arms 7 8, do not scrape against saidstrip 19, the limiting stops may be omitted if desired and said armsswing outward into contact with said strips 19 to limit their swinging.

It will he understood that the arms 7 or 8 and the attaching member ofeach bracket may be hinged together in any suitable and well-knownmanner, and I do not intend to confine myself to other details ofconstruction, except as forth in the claim or required by the priorstate of the art.

It will. be noted that when the arms 7 and 8 of the two brackets upon awindow sash are folded into the recess adjacent to the glass panes 2, asshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, they are not only out of the way of theother sash. so that the two sashes can freely pass each other, but alsothe said arms are safely protected against any injury while manipulatingthe sashes. After folding said arms into said recess, when the shade hasbeen removed, the operator does not have to think of said arms or touchthem again until he is ready to reinsert the shade, and this obviatesall possible damage through the carelessness or forgetfulness ofservants and the like.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

The combination with a window sash adapted to slide up and down in aframe, of a pair of shade brackets each comprising an attaching membersecured upon the face of the sash and extending into the opening of thesash which receives the window pane, and an arm having one end portionhinged to said attaching member within the recess or opening of thewindow sash and adapted to lie in the same plane with said attachingmember, the other end portion of the arm away from said attaching memberbeing bent with respect to the firstmentioned portion on a line parallelto the line of said hinging and having a shade roller seat in itselfwhereby said arms of the shade bracket may be folded into the opening orrecess of the window sash adjacent to the pane or may be swunghorizontally outward apart to lie at their said end portions having theshade roller seats adjacent the inner sides of the window frame.

GnLs'ron C. SANFORD, RUSSELL M. EVERETT.

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